Disposable diapers epitomize the excesses of the industrial, linear economy. After one nasty, short life, diapers trap organic matter in layers of plastics and paper pulp for hundreds of years in a landfill. Efforts to change that have barely progressed in four decades, from Procter & Gamble’s groundless compostability claims in the early 1990s through […]
Lingering economic uncertainty combined with corporate backpedaling on ESG priorities have many sustainability professionals worried about job security, especially as corporations of every size brace for a potential recession in the second half of 2025. “I’m definitely getting more resumes and more calls than normal,” said Ellen Weinreb, CEO of Weinreb Group Sustainability Recruiting, “and […]
On the path to creating a circular economy, an important element is often missing: storytelling. We tend to focus on materials, chemicals and compliance. We speak in certifications and data points — important, yes, but emotionally distant. We often miss the opportunity to tell a good story. This is strange when you stop to think […]
Though more than 70 percent of Europeans want to make more sustainable fashion choices, significant barriers are holding them back. Trellis data partner GlobeScan recently partnered with European fashion platform Zalando to conduct a comprehensive study of Gen Z and Millennial consumer attitudes, behaviors and expectations regarding fashion and sustainability across five European countries. The […]
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis. The Global South — home to most of the world’s population — is where most of the planet’s economic growth and greenhouse gas emission growth is taking place. In the runup to COP30 in Brazil later this year, we explore […]
A cross-industry group of around 20 companies is helping develop plans for a new type of carbon credit to fund the retirement of coal-powered power plants in emerging economies. The Kinetic Coalition, the organization overseeing the initiative, is aiming to aggregate demand from the companies and launch an advance market commitment. The group includes Amazon, […]
Meta is contracting with a little-known next-generation geothermal startup, XGS Energy, to counteract emissions from a data center campus in New Mexico that’s being expanded to accommodate artificial intelligence. Under the deal announced June 12, Meta will support XGS’s development of a two-phased, 150-megawatt installation that will begin feeding electricity to the local grid by […]
If sustainability has gone the way of rom-com movies, my undergraduate students at New York University’s Stern School of Business haven’t gotten the memo. This spring, my sustainability strategy elective was significantly oversubscribed, and the class excelled — delivering thoughtful materiality assessments and strategic advice for 10 companies across diverse sectors, while continually questioning and […]
British Airways, Stripe and Shopify have purchased what backers say are the first independently verified credits from ocean carbon removal, a mechanism with huge sequestration potential. “It’s a crucial proof point that this is possible,” said Stacy Kauk, chief science officer at Isometric, the registry that issued the credits. The credits were generated by a […]
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is poring over feedback from more than 850 corporations, nonprofits, trade associations, academics and other stakeholders who submitted recommendations for the next version of the corporate net-zero framework. SBTi published the 132-page outline for an expansive overhaul to its Corporate Net Zero Standard 2.0 on March 18 and gave […]